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PLACEA ornata. 



Gay '-flow ered Placea. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Amaryllidace^e. 

 PLACEA. Miers Trav. in Chili, 2. 529. Absque char. 



Char, cliff. Perigonium petaloideum, subdeclinatum, 6-partitum, laciniis pa- 

 tenti-reflexis, sequalibus, 2 inferioribus late divergentibus. Corona, e 

 disco epigyno orta, G-phylla, declinata; foliolis lineari-oblongis, extus 

 carinatis, apice emarginatis. [Nobis e contrario sex-partita videtur, laci- 

 niis basi in tubum junctis.] Stamina 6 (quorum 3 longiora) declinata, 

 adscendentia. Ovarium inferum. Stylus declinatus. Stigma truncatum. 



Char, naturalis. Perigonium petaloideum, epigynum, subdeclinatum, 6-par- 

 titum, tubo nullo, laciniis sequalibus, lineari-oblongis spathulatis apice 

 mucronatis, eeque expanso-reflexis, 2 inferioribus late divaricatis. Co- 

 rona hexaphylla, valde declinata, foliolis suberectis, e disco epigyno ortis, 

 lineari-spathulatis, extus carinatis, apice emarginatis. Stamina 6 ; fila- 

 menta valde declinata, summo adscendentia, 3 perianthio medio longitu- 

 dine, 3 alterna paulo longiora. Antherce obovatae, imo emarginatee, 

 dorso gibbo versatiles. Ovarium inferum, 3-gonum, 3-loculare. Stylus 

 simplex, declinatus, apice incurvus. Stigma gibboso-clavatum, obtusum, 



cavum. Capsula ignota. Planta Chileusis radice tunicata bulbosa ; 



foliis binis radicalibus amplexicaulibus linearibus ; scajw solitario foliis 

 longiori : spathd 2-valvi lineari sub 6-flora, pedicelhs basi bracteatis. 

 Miers in litt. 



ornata; Perianthium subcrassum, niveum, laciniis spathulato-oblongis, 

 apice mucronatis, vittis 4 miniatis interne ornatis marginalibus semi- 

 pinnatis. Corona nivea, apice punicea. Folia linearia nitida subtus 

 obtuse carinata.- -Crescit in Montibus Cordillera de los Andes prope 

 Aconcagua. Miers in litt. 



We publish this plant for two reasons ; firstly, in the hope 

 that the figures may lead to the introduction from Chili of so 

 very pretty a bulb ; secondly, because it is of all plants one of 

 the least known to botanists. 



Up to the present time all that has been published about 



